Deion Sanders Scolds Reporter For Calling Him 'Deion' And Walks Away

Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders gave a local reporter a Prime Time reprimand for calling him Deion Tuesday at a press gathering. (See the video below.)

Sanders, a pro football Hall of Famer and former MLB standout, was taking questions via video for a Southwestern Athletic Conference media event when Clarion-Ledger writer Nick Suss addressed the second-year coach by his first name.

Back up a little bit. You dont call Nick Saban Nick, Sanders said, referring to Alabama coach Nick Saban. Dont call me Deion.

I call Nick Saban Nick, Suss replied.

No, you dont. No, you dont. Thats a lie, Sanders said back. If you call Nick Nick you get cussed out on the spot. So dont do that and treat me like Nick.

Sanders appeared to smile and laugh after delivering the scolding.

But when Suss repeated Deion, Sanders got up and walked away.

Deion Sanders deserves respect and if you dont give it to him? Hes out. See ya. @DeionSanders @21standprime pic.twitter.com/NEnuOJlx9m

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Deion Sanders deserves respect and if you dont give it to him? Hes out. See ya. @DeionSanders @21standprime pic.twitter.com/NEnuOJlx9m
Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) July 21, 2021

USA Todays For the Win provided an example of Saban being called Nick without him objecting.

Sanders nickname was Prime Time in his playing days and he refers to himself as Coach Prime on his Twitter.

Sanders wrote on Twitter later that he felt Suss was trying to be cute to address me the way he did so i dropped the call & went to the next outlet.

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Never walked out of media day. I prolonged my time to answer another question & the person thought it was cute to address me the way he did so I dropped the call & went to the next outlet. Please dont allow a fool to fool u because then nobody would truly know who the fool is. https://t.co/csbTRNgJvd

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Never walked out of media day. I prolonged my time to answer another question & the person thought it was cute to address me the way he did so I dropped the call & went to the next outlet. Please dont allow a fool to fool u because then nobody would truly know who the fool is. https://t.co/csbTRNgJvd
COACH PRIME (@DeionSanders) July 20, 2021

Suss said he has called Sanders by his first name before without a problem, the New York Post reported .